Acting
Samuel E. Wright
Acting · Born 1946-11-20 · Camden, South Carolina, USA
Samuel E. Wright (November 20, 1946 - May 24, 2021) was an American actor, vocal actor, and singer, best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, and the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway.
Credits · 31
FilmThe Little Mermaid Live!
2019 · Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
FilmThe Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
2008 · Sebastian (voice)
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
FilmTreasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006 · Self (achieve footage)
FilmDisney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
2006 · Sebastian (voice)
FilmDisney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005 · Sebastian (voice)
Jonny Zero
2005 · Dante
FilmLe Marsupilami à Hollywood
2001 · Sebastian
Disney's House of Mouse
2001 · Sebastian (voice)
FilmDinosaur
2000 · Kron (voice)
FilmThe Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
2000 · Sebastian (voice)
FilmWalt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996 · Self
Marsupilami
1993 · Sebastian (voice)
Alex Haley's Queen
1993 · Alfred
Raw Toonage
1992 · Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid
1992 · Sebastian (voice)
FilmSebastian's Caribbean Jamboree
1991 · Sebastian
FilmSeparate but Equal
1991 · Artis Patterson
Separate but Equal
1991 · Artis Patterson
Little Mermaid's Island
1990 · Sebastian (voice)
Law & Order
1990 · Defense Attorney Dubois
FilmDisney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990 · Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
FilmThe Little Mermaid
1989 · Sebastian (voice)
FilmThelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
1988 · Self - Narrator (voice)
FilmMe and Him
1988 · Paramedic 1
FilmBird
1988 · Dizzy Gillespie
FilmBrass
1985 · Capt. Michael Shore
The Cosby Show
1984 · Dr. Dan Morgan
Simon & Simon
1981
Enos
1980 · Turk Adams
FilmHollow Image
1979 · Scottie
Ball Four
Ball Four
1976